From Goodreads.com: "It’s 1981.
Twenty-four-year-old Julia Nash has recently arrived in Manhattan, where
she works as a publisher’s assistant. She dreams of becoming an editor
with her own stable of bestselling authors—but it is hard to get
promoted in the recession-clobbered book biz.

Julia blows off
steam by going dancing downtown with her best friend, Vicky. One night, a
hot British guitarist invites them into his VIP section. Despite an
entourage of models and groupies, Jack chooses Julia as his girl for the
evening—and when Jack Kipling picks you, you go with it. The trouble is
… he’s never met a girl like her before. And she resists being just one
in a long line.

Jack exposes her to new experiences, from
exclusive nightclubs in SoHo to the Chateau Marmont in Hollywood; from
mind-bending recording sessions to wild backstage parties. Yet Julia is
afraid to fall for him. Past relationships have left her fragile; one
more betrayal just might break her.

As she fends off her grabby
boss and tries to move up the corporate ladder, Julia’s torrid
relationship with Jack takes her to heights she’s never known—and
plunges her into depths she’s never imagined."

My Two Cents:

In "Come Dancing," the year is 1981 and Julia is a young woman who is involved in the book publishing world. Talk about a dream job! She is just learning her way around the real world and is trying to navigate life in the big city. It's all very new to her and we get to do a lot of exploring with her, which I found very exciting. She goes out with her friends and ends up meeting a guitarist for one of the hottest bands in the world at the time. Julia is totally enamored with Jack and this kicks off a great love story. This book is about growing up and becoming an adult.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I know that it's not necessarily historical fiction because it takes place in the such recent past, but I did appreciate reading about a time that I didn't live through. I wasn't born until 1985 so I have absolutely no memories of the early 1980s; however, they are endlessly fascinating to me. I loved seeing New York City at this time when so much was changing. NYC seemed like an especially exciting place to be during that time.

I really like Julia's character and I really enjoyed the love story in the book. I was rooting for Jack and Julia the whole way. This is a very smart love story, which I really liked. This was also a really fun book which can be billed as a romance. It's a fun romp and their sparkling characters definitely made it worth the read.

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